Cinematographic film in natural colors



JCINEMATOGRAPHIC FILM IN NATURAL COLOiS Filed Feb. 25, 1955 y y' )8 l V 5 )Unno/00000000@ jvl/ENTDR:

j@ U fw@ Patented Dec. 24, 1935 UNITED STATES CINEMATOGRAPHIC FHM IN NATURAL* COLORS Georges Andr Raguin, Lyon, France, assgnor to Socit Lumire, Paris, France, a joint-stock company of France Application February 26, 1935, serial No. 8,402 In France January 19, 1935 3 Claims.

This invention relates to cinematographic films in natural colors of the multi-color irregular screen type, able to receive a photographic sound record.

It is Well known that the production of sounds (noises, music, speech) during the projection of' presence of the screen particles troubles the sound reproduction and causes an undesirable hum in the loud-speakers. Synchronized phonography disks are thereforek usually employed with lms of this type, which is a serious drawback since many projecting apparatus are not adapted to use such phonographic disks.

The multi-color irregular screen film according to the present invention avoids this disadvantage and can be used in the projecting apparatus of standard pattern providedwith the ordinary pho- 'tographic sound reproducing devices. In this lm, the longitudinal portion adapted to form the sound track is void of any screen.

According to the invention such a film is preferably obtained by leaving unvarnished an appropriate longitudinal portion when applying to the lm the bluing varnish adapted to retain the colored particles forming the irregular screen. When these particles are spread over the lm they thus do not adhere to the latter along the unvarnished portion, and the manufacture may otherwise proceed in the usual way, the lm being sensitized and cut.

'Ihe finished lm according to the invention thus comprises a screened and, sensitized portion adapted to receive the colored images (photographically copied from a master or original film) and an unscreened but sensitized portion adapted to receive the photographic sound record. It can thus be used in any ordinary projecting apparatus provided with sound reproducing devices.

The lm may be manufactured either at its final standard width, or preferably at a larger width and then cut.

In the annexed drawing:-

Fig. l diagrammatically shows a gluing apparatus for the film. Figs. 2 and 3 show two possible arrangements of the unvarnished portions.

Fig. 4 shows the finished lm.

Fig. 5 is a section through the ilm of Fig. 4 taken along the line V-V.

In Fig. 1, the uncoated lm I of large width passes on a varnishing roller 2 dipping into a varnish trough 3. Roller 2 is provided with 5 grooves [which produce on the iilm unvarnished longitudinal portions.

The varnished iilm illustrated in Fig. 2 comprises three unvarnished portions 5. When the colored particles are spread over the lm, they adhere to the film in the Varnished portions 6 only. The particlesvare easily removed from the unvarnished portions, by blowing, for instance. The lm is then sensitized in the usual manner and it is longitudinally cut along lines A-A. There is thus obtained ve finished cinematographic films of standard width and two useless marginal portions `I.- Each lm comprises, as shown in Fig. 4, a screened portion 6 and a marginal portion 5 void of screen. Fig. 4 shows for 20 the sake of clearness the sound track 8, the images 9 and the perforation's I0. Fig. 5. is a section of Fig.'4 in which the thicknesses of the respective layers have been greatly exaggerated. It clearly Vshows the iilm proper I, the varnish coating II, the layer I2 of colored particles and the coating I3 of panchromatic sensitive emulsion. Of course the portion 5 void of screen could be limited to the sound track proper, but it is simpler to also proso Vide no screen along the marginal portion itself Where such a. screen would be of no use. It would be also possible to provide no screen along the opposite margin, since the screen is only essential in the portion corresponding to the images 9.

It would be of course possible to avoid the loss of portions I with illms of perfectly regular width having no defects along their edges.

In the film shown in Fig. 3, ve unvarnished portions 5 are provided, but the lm is so cut-l10 that it produces ve cinematographic films of standard width as shown in Fig. 4.

It would be .of course possible to directly produce a finished lm oi' standard width by means of a roller arranged to varnish only the portion corresponding to portions 6 of Fig 1. A method for producing a nlm of the character described comprising the following steps: rst of coating a transparent support with a gluing transparent varnish along a longitudinal portion corresponding to the succession of images of the iinished lm. but not along the longitudinal portion corresponding to the sound track; sec- "nd, of spreading transparent multi-colored 55 particles on 'said support; third, of removing the particles which do not adhere to said support;

fourth, of coating the whole width of` said 'sup.

port with a llight-sensitive emulsion.

2. A method for producing films of the character described comprising the following steps: rst of coating a transparent support/several times wider than the nished lms to be produced, with a gluing transparent varnish along a series of longitudinal portions corresponding to the respective successions of images of several finished films placed side by side, but not along the longitudinal portions corresponding to the sound tracks; second, of spreading transparent multi-colored particles on said support; third, of removing the particles which do not adhere to said support; fourth, of coating the whole width of said support with a light-sensitive emulsion; fifth, of longitudinally cutting said coated support to obtain a plurality of nished lms of appropriate width wherein the portion adapted to bear the images is provided with an irregular multi-color screen, while the portion adapted to form the sound track is void of any screen.

3.V A method for producing a sensitive lm of the multi-color type for use -in the production of sound record cinematographic lms in natural colors, which comprises applying to the lm transparent multi-colored particles along a strip 10 narrower in width than the film and which is to receive the succession of images of the nished lm; and then coating the lm over the particles and over the full film width with a light-sensitive emulsion; the marginal portion of the lm which 15 is free of colored particles serving as a sound track.

l GEORGES ANDR RAGU'IN. 

